43-715: The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail stretches for 268 miles (431 km) from Edale , in the northern Derbyshire Peak District , north through the Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland National Park and ends at Kirk Yetholm , just inside the Scottish border . The path runs along the Pennine hills, sometimes described as the "backbone of England". Although not
86-420: A corn mill and tannery by Nicholas Cresswell in partnership with James Harrison, Robert Blackwell and Joseph Fletcher. Workers were brought in from the towns and accommodated in cottages and in a nearby house called Skinner's Hall. Many of the women workers walked each day from Castleton over the thousand-foot Hollins Cross pass . The mill continued spinning cotton until around 1940 but then fell into disuse. It
129-472: A nearby village or farm) with a morning re-ascent. There are 535 access points where the Pennine Way intersects with other public rights of way . The route is crossed by many roads and passes through many villages and towns with good public transport. This makes it easy to sample a short section of the trail, or to split the Pennine Way across several holidays or long weekends. Most of the Pennine Way
172-622: A new information and visitor centre was opened at Fieldhead; it was developed by the Moors for the Future partnership and is owned and operated by the Peak District National Park Authority. Edale is also a popular camping village, with two major campsites and numerous others in the surrounding area. Regional TV news comes from Leeds-based BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from
215-633: A result of the Helm Wind which sweeps down the south-west slope of the escarpment. A long descent follows to the valley of the South Tyne at Garrigill . The trail then keeps close to the river to enter the town of Alston . The trail continues down the valley of the South Tyne, past the Roman fort of Whitley Castle , to Slaggyford and Knarsdale . Above the village of Lambley the trail leaves
258-567: A shoulder of Fountains Fell , crosses the head of Silverdale and ascends the nose of Pen-y-Ghent in a very steep section. From the summit of Pen-y-Ghent the Pennine Way descends to the village of Horton in Ribblesdale (on the Settle–Carlisle Railway ). The Pennine Way then heads up Ribblesdale along the old Settle – Langstrothdale packhorse road. It passes the eastern end of Ling Gill and climbs Cam Fell, where it follows
301-534: Is in the Borough of High Peak . Edale is best known to walkers as the start, or southern end, of the Pennine Way and, to less ambitious walkers, as a starting point for evening or day walks. The village is accessible by generally hourly railway services from Sheffield and Manchester . There are two pubs serving real ale and food. As spelt, the name is first recorded in 1732. Earlier recorded versions of
344-475: Is obliged to navigate 287 gates , 249 timber stiles , 183 stone stiles and 204 bridges. 198 miles (319 km) of the route is on public footpaths , 70 miles (112 km) on public bridleways and 20 miles (32 km) on other public highways . The walker is aided by the provision of 458 waymarks. The Pennine Way originally climbed north from Edale across the middle of the Kinder Scout plateau. It
387-463: Is on public footpaths, rather than bridleways, and not accessible to travellers on horseback or bicycle, but a roughly parallel Pennine Bridleway is open from Derbyshire to Cumbria. This route, open to anyone not using motorised vehicles, starts slightly farther south than the Pennine Way. A survey by the National Trails agency reported that a walker covering the entire length of the trail
430-408: Is one train an hour in both directions, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly via Marple . Services are operated by Northern Trains . The short but narrow, twisting and dead-end road to the village centre is not suitable for visitors' cars and parking in the village centre is almost impossible. However, there is a large pay-and-display car park near
473-460: The 13th century as 'vaccaries' (cattle farms) along the valley of the River Noe, which have since developed into the hamlets of Upper Booth (once Crowdenley Booth and Over Booth), Barber Booth (once Whitmorely Booth), Grindsbrook Booth, Ollerbrook Booth and Nether Booth (also known as Lady Booth and, formerly, Lower Booth). Edale is the site of a historic cotton mill built in 1795 on the site of
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#1732772172106516-547: The Pennine Way enters the North Pennines AONB and follows moorland tracks to the isolated settlement of Sleightholme , where the route divides. The main route heads directly north across the moors, crossing God's Bridge and passing beneath the A66 road in a tunnel. The alternative route enters the town of Bowes and rejoins the main route at Baldersdale . From Baldersdale the trail crosses Lunedale and descends to
559-753: The Pennine Way follows the Yorkshire–Greater Manchester border north along a series of gritstone edges. It crosses the A640 road , then the A672 , before crossing the M62 motorway by a long footbridge near Windy Hill . Past the motorway the trail follows Blackstone Edge to the A58 road , then passes a series of reservoirs. It crosses the Calderdale Way high above the village of Mankinholes , then climbs to
602-406: The Pennine Way is estimated to have cost him up to £15,000 by his death in 1991. The National Trail Guide contains a description of the route, GPS waypoints and 1:25000 maps of the entire walk. Barry Pilton 's book One Man and His Bog gives a more lighthearted and personal account of completing the Pennine Way, with a foreword by Mike Harding . Mark Wallington 's book Pennine Walkies (in which
645-560: The River Noe from Barber Booth upstream to approximately the 320-metre (1,050 ft) contour constitute the Edale SSSI , cited for geological interest. The "important exposures" of the Edale Shales here contain fossils of technical interest. There is a youth hostel about a mile from the village centre, several B&Bs and both pubs also provide accommodation. The pubs also provide food and there are two cafés. In 2006,
688-687: The United Kingdom's longest National Trail, it is, according to The Ramblers , "one of Britain's best known and toughest". The path was the idea of the journalist and rambler Tom Stephenson , inspired by similar trails in the United States, particularly the Appalachian Trail . Stephenson proposed the concept in an article for the Daily Herald in 1935, and lobbied Parliament for the creation of an official trail. The walk
731-457: The author is accompanied by his dog) is another humorous personal story of the walk, as is Walking Home by Yorkshire poet Simon Armitage , who walked north-to-south along the Pennine Way without money, relying on his 'earnings' from nightly poetry readings along the way. Movement artists Tamara Ashley and Simone Kenyon performed the entire length of the trail in August 2006; their book documents
774-424: The extent of broken ground, though the intrusion into the natural landscape has at times been controversial. Accommodation is available at youth hostels , camp sites, bed-and-breakfasts and pubs, but is limited on upland stretches, so when planning the walk one must sometimes choose between a long day (between two places offering on-route accommodation) or two shorter days involving an evening descent off-route (to
817-460: The forest it follows field paths to Shitlington Crags and descends to the large village of Bellingham . More remote country follows, across Padon Hill and the edge of Redesdale Forest. The trail eventually reaches Redesdale at Blakehopeburnhaugh and Cottonshopeburnfoot , two neighbouring hamlets which compete for the longest name in England. The route then follows the River Rede upstream to
860-471: The gently rising side valley of Maize Beck to reach High Cup Gill , one of the most photographed areas on the Pennine Way. From High Cup the trail descends to the village of Dufton . From Dufton the Pennine Way climbs back up the fells, passing in turn the summits of Knock Fell, Great Dun Fell , Little Dun Fell and finally Cross Fell , at 893 metres (2,930 ft) the highest point on the entire path. Here, walkers can face tricky conditions in bad weather as
903-469: The line of a Roman road , shared with the Dales Way . The trail then passes Dodd Fell Hill and follows a ridge between Widdale and Sleddale , before descending into Wensleydale at Gayle and the adjoining town of Hawes . The path crosses the dale to Hardraw , then begins the 5-mile (8 km) ascent of Great Shunner Fell . From the summit of the fell the trail descends to upper Swaledale and
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#1732772172106946-543: The local relay transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Derby and Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (High Peak) (formerly High Peak Radio). The village is served by the local newspapers the Peak Advertiser and the Buxton Advertiser . Edale railway station lies on the trans-Pennine Hope Valley line and receives a reasonably frequent service for such a rural area. The typical off-peak
989-697: The name are Aidele (1086), Heydale (1251), Eydale (1275), Eydal (1285) and Edall (1550). Historically, Edale was the name of the valley of the River Noe . From the Norman Conquest of England it was in the royal Forest of High Peak and at its centre is the Edale Cross, which marked the boundary of the three wards at the Forest, Campana, Hopedale and Longdendale. Settlement in the valley consists of several booths , originally established in
1032-562: The north, where the highest point in the parish is found, the Great Ridge (running west to east between Rushup Edge over Mam Tor to Lose Hill ) to the south and east, Win Hill to the east (outside the parish), and Dalehead (Brown Knoll, Horsehill Tor and Colborne) to the west. Almost the entire parish is over 200m above sea level; only along the River Noe east from Carr House does the elevation drop below this level. The bed and banks of
1075-422: The path switches between England and Scotland, along a fence which marks the border itself. Back in England the trail passes the Roman fort at Chew Green , and briefly follows the Roman road of Dere Street . The path then follows the border ridge, passing the high point of Windy Gyle . At the west top of Cairn Hill (743 metres (2,438 ft)), from where the path leads to the summit of The Cheviot and back down,
1118-569: The path turns sharply northwest with the border fence, descending to a refuge hut before climbing The Schil at 601 metres (1,972 ft), above the College Valley . The path then descends into Scotland and enters the village of Kirk Yetholm. The path ends at the Border Hotel. The record time for completion of the Pennine Way is 2 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes and 53 seconds, set by John Kelly on 15–17 May 2021. Kelly had previously held
1161-525: The performance and invites readers to create their own interpretations of the landscapes along the way. National Trail National Trails are long distance footpaths and bridleways in England and Wales . They are administered by Natural England , an agency of the UK government , and Natural Resources Wales , a Welsh government -sponsored body. National Trails are marked with an acorn symbol along
1204-624: The prominent monument on Stoodley Pike . From the monument it descends steeply to the valley of the River Calder , which it crosses about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the town of Hebden Bridge , the largest settlement near the route. The trail climbs out of the Calder valley through the scattered hamlet of Colden , crossing Colden Water by an ancient clapper bridge . It then passes the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs and climbs to
1247-489: The record for just one week in July 2020 with a time of 2 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes, before this was broken by Damian Hall with a time of 2 days, 13 hours and 35 minutes. Before this, the record had been held for 31 years by Mike Hartley (time of 2 days, 17 hours and 20 minutes). The fastest women's time is 3 days and 46 minutes, set by Anna Troup on 14–17 August 2021. The previous record of 3 days, 2 hours and 28 minutes
1290-479: The route. In Scotland , the equivalent trails are called Scotland's Great Trails and are administered by NatureScot . Together these are over 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) long. Edale Edale / ˈ iː d eɪ l / is a village and civil parish in the Peak District , Derbyshire , England, whose population was 353 at the 2011 Census. Edale, with an area of 7,030 acres (2,840 ha),
1333-470: The ruins of Top Withens , said to have been the inspiration for Wuthering Heights . The trail then descends to Ponden Hall , and crosses more moorland to the villages of Cowling and Lothersdale . From Lothersdale the trail crosses Pinhaw Beacon to Thornton-in-Craven . There then follows gentler country, including a short section of the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at East Marton , to reach
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1376-528: The small town of Middleton-in-Teesdale . From Middleton the path ascends Teesdale on the right bank of the River Tees , below the village of Holwick . It passes the waterfalls of Low Force and High Force , and reaches the scattered settlement of Forest-in-Teesdale . Further up the Tees, the path climbs beside the waterfall of Cauldron Snout below the dam of Cow Green Reservoir . The trail then ascends
1419-640: The start of the trail 16 miles (26 km) away. From Crowden the Pennine Way climbs a side valley past Laddow Rocks to the summit of Black Hill on the border of Yorkshire . It descends across Wessenden Head Moor (the eastern part of Saddleworth Moor ) and the A635 road to the Wessenden Valley . It climbs out of the valley to leave the National Park at Standedge on the A62 road . From Standedge
1462-442: The trail annually and that walkers contributed £2 million (1990) to the local economy along the route, directly maintaining 156 jobs. The popularity of the walk has resulted in substantial erosion to the terrain in places, and steps have been taken to recover its condition, including diverting sections of the path onto firmer ground, and laying flagstones or duckboards in softer areas. The actions have been effective in reducing
1505-613: The valley to cross more moorland to the A69 near the village of Greenhead . Outside Greenhead the Pennine Way passes Thirlwall Castle on Hadrian's Wall . For the next 11 miles (18 km) the route coincides with the Hadrian's Wall Path , following the wall closely past Once Brewed to Rapishaw Gap, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Housesteads Roman Fort . From the wall the trail heads north through Wark Forest . Past
1548-466: The village of Byrness . The last stage of the Pennine Way, across the Cheviot Hills from Byrness to Kirk Yetholm , is 27 miles (43 km) long, with no habitation en route. It is usually tackled in one long day, although there are two refuge huts (or bothies ). The trail climbs steeply from the village, then heads north to cross the Scottish border near Ogre Hill. For the rest of the stage
1591-586: The village of Gargrave in Airedale , on the busy A65 . North of Gargrave the Pennine Way ascends Airedale and enters the Yorkshire Dales National Park . It follows field paths, through the small villages of Airton and Hanlith to the larger village of Malham . It then climbs steps on the west side of Malham Cove , traverses the limestone pavement at the top of the cove, and continues north to Malham Tarn . The trail then crosses
1634-516: The village of Thwaite . It then crosses the side of Kisdon , with good views down Swaledale, passes Kisdon Force , a waterfall on the River Swale , and reaches the village of Keld . From Keld the path crosses the route of the Coast to Coast Walk , then ascends a side valley known as Stones Dale to reach Tan Hill and its isolated inn at the northern boundary of the National Park. At Tan Hill
1677-592: Was allocated an approximately 15-mile (25 km) section of the walk. A report was then provided on the signage and route feasibility. The Pennine Way celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 2015. A special four-part BBC One series The Pennine Way was broadcast throughout April. The Pennine Way is popular with walkers, and in 1990 the Countryside Commission reported that 12,000 long-distance walkers and 250,000 day-walkers were using all or part of
1720-731: Was planned to end at Wooler but it was decided that Kirk Yetholm would be the finishing point. The final section was declared open in a ceremony held on Malham Moor on 24 April 1965. Before the official opening of the Pennine Way the British Army was invited to test the route, a task that was accomplished in one day. Junior soldiers from the Junior Tradesman's Regiment of the Army Catering Corps, based in Aldershot , were split into patrols of four or five and each
1763-462: Was rerouted to reduce erosion, and now heads west to climb onto the plateau by steps known as Jacob's Ladder . It then turns north to follow the western edge of the plateau past Kinder Downfall , crosses the Snake Pass road ( A57 ) and climbs Bleaklow . From the summit the trail descends to Longdendale . In the dale it crosses the dam of Torside Reservoir to Crowden , the first village since
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1806-582: Was restored in the early 1970s by the Landmark Trust who have since sold off all of the apartments. As well as being the start of the Pennine Way (the official start is the Old Nag's Head, a former smithy dating back to 1577), the village is surrounded by walking country which is excellent in its own right. The village lies in the Vale of Edale and is surrounded by hills: the plateau of Kinder Scout to
1849-484: Was set by Sabrina Verjee on 12–15 September 2020. The route of the Pennine Way is the basis of the Spine Race , which was inaugurated in 2012. The Pennine Way has attracted a number of writers over the years, including Tom Stephenson , who wrote the first official guidebook. A popular guide was written and illustrated by the writer Alfred Wainwright , whose offer to buy a half-pint of beer for anyone who finished
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